DSWD shuts down Bukidnon care facility over lack of permit

DSWD shuts down Bukidnon care facility over lack of permit

MARAMAG, Bukidnon — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has suspended the operations of the Bukidnon Multi-Sectoral Services Foundation Inc. (BUMSSEFI) in this town for operating without a license, rescuing 17 senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) last Friday, October 11. According to Ian Dave Santiago, personnel of the Maramag Municipal Social Welfare and Development (MSWD) office, the foundation originally op…

Bukidnon care home shut down over dire conditions

THE stench of human waste and urine greeted a team of social workers and police officers as they carried out a suspension order from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at a senior citizens’ care facility in Maramag town, Bukidnon.Irene Dosol-Auxillo, information officer of the DSWD Protective Services Division, said the joint team served the suspension order against the Bukidnon Multi-Sectoral Services Foundation Inc. (BUMSS…